Annapurna Krishjeev Speaks

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It is the pretext of all the self declared good people to stay away from dirty politics. Definitely, there is lot of dirt in the Indian political system. And we cannot disown this, even if we are not active participants in the politics. After all, it is we, who created them. We voted them to power. We gave them the power, the responsibility to govern us. And when they started misusing our trust, we remained silent spectators. If the politicians have degraded today, we - ‘only we the common Indian masses’ - are responsible

I do not blame any political party or any political leader for the current state of affairs. Because, the Constitution entrusted the responsibility of building this nation to WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA.

A common complain that all of us have is that politicians approach us only on the eve of elections and they disappear soon after elections. Do we ever ask ourselves, what we do for five years after voting? Here lie the remedies for all the problems of Indian political system. Because voting is not the only measure of democracy.

The gist of the book is instead of choosing one political party over another; the common man must take guard of the political representatives and see that they discharge their duties and responsibilities efficiently, without misusing their powers.

I have suggested some measures to rectify the system. One of them is that education in India must take a practical approach to Indian Government and Politics.

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I do not understand why there should be so much gap between philosophy and practice. Is this distance determinant of our inhibitions? Is it something self created out of our own inactiveness or say laziness? For I feel the distance between philosophy and practice is ever increasing.

Is it philosophy in its enthusiasm of building the eternal world distancing itself from the practice? Or is it practice which is too busy to accept the guidance of philosophy?

My only aim as the student of Political Science will be to bridge the gap between political philosophy and political practice.

 

In spite of so many complains that we have for our country,

So many problems we face in our country,

We still love India.

Because there is a certain ray of hope in each of us about a better future for India.

I would like to narrate the poem which is the concluding part of my book. I am sure; each of you will be able to associate yourselves with at least a few lines, if not the entire poem.

There shall come a Day

(The title is inspired by ‘We Shall Overcome One Day’)

 

 

Finally, I appeal all of you to spare sometime and read this book. The ultimate aim of publishing this book is to initiate a thought process among the educated people in India, about their role in cleansing Indian Politics.

There Shall Come A Day For India

There shall come a day for India,

When a techno sits with a mason,

And a thinker talks with a layman,

And a Landlord walks with a Tiller,

To make lives in India better.

There shall come a day for India,

When Gandhi will not only be remembered,

But also be seen and honoured,

Not in the form of his Statues or Photos

But in the form of his ideals and mottos

Fostering in the leaders of the nation

And not of political party or faction

There shall come a day for India,

When people stand in queue to vote

With the wisdom of duty to devote

And the results will not worry them

For all contestants will be noble wo(men)

There shall come a day for India,

When people will go to sleep

With a smile and not a weep

For there will be many to care

And nurture the lives of their 

There shall come a day for India,

When corruption will be known,

As a forgotten practice, now thrown

And future generations will question

If it ever existed in the Indian version

There shall come a day for India,

When judges and lawyers sit in vain

And the policemen with no complain

As there will be peace and prosperity

For India will be the land of eternity

There shall come a day for India,

When places of worship and prayer hall

Will be liberated and opened to all

And the words caste and religion will

Scarcely appear in the forms to fill.

There shall come a day for India,

When all the children go to school

With brilliant ideas and dreams to pool

When all their despair thwarts

As success reigns in their hearts.

Annapurna Krishjeev

Rats, Cats and Indian Politics - A Guide to Cleanse Indian Politics.

Dear all,

I have published a book titled 'Rats, Cats and Indian Politics' with the sub-title 'A Guide to Cleanse Indian Politics' on 21st March 2014.

‘Rats, Cats and Indian Politics – A Guide to Cleanse Indian Politics’ is a political fiction that depicts Indian political system, ever since Independence to the present times, through the characters of rats and cats. The story is narrated by a retired Professor of Political Science, who lives away from his family in an old house. How he tries to make peace with these rats and then, his experiment with the cat, depicts common Indian experience with the ruling party and the opposition. In between, the narrator discusses the philosophy of Gandhi, Machiavelli and Plato.

The narrator, who gains some experience through his experiments, finally decides to write his views on Indian Politics. Finally a poem about how this old man dreams India to be, becomes the conclusion.

The book also proposes that the education system in India must take a practical approach to Indian Government and Politics in order to strengthen democracy. The book is aimed at creating political awareness among the educated people in India.